Conducting sexualities research: an outline of emergent issues and case studies from ten Wellcome-funded projects

Kneale, Dylan, French, Robert, Spandler, Helen orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-0970-5141, Young, Ingrid, Purcell, Carrie, Boden, Zoë, Brown, Steven D., Callwood, Dan, Carr, Sarah et al (2019) Conducting sexualities research: an outline of emergent issues and case studies from ten Wellcome-funded projects. Wellcome Open Research, 4 (137).

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15283.1

Abstract

This letter seeks to synthesise methodological challenges encountered in a cohort of Wellcome Trust-funded research projects focusing on sexualities and health. The ten Wellcome Trust projects span a diversity of gender and sexual orientations and identities, settings; institutional and non-institutional contexts, lifecourse stages, and explore a range of health-related interventions. As researchers, we originate from a breadth of disciplinary traditions, use a variety of research methods and data sources. Despite this breadth, four common themes are found across the projects: (i) inclusivity, representations and representativeness, (ii) lumping together of diverse groups, (iii) institutions and closed settings (iv) ethical and governance barriers.


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